Shoe heel



June l, 1943. GlEssER 2,320,584

- SHo HBBL INVENToR ATToRNEYs Pafented Jone 1, 1943 My fnvention felatesto new ood uSeful in1- pfoven1entS if1 Shoe heels,

An iInpoftant objeof of nly invention iS the pfoviSion of a unique shoeheel asSeInbly Which wi11 pefInif tfanspafent heelS to be applied to theShoe and vhich Wi11 pfevent the nai1S or Sofevvs attaofng the hee1 tothe Shoe ffofn being viSible.

Another object of n1y inventiof1is the pfoviSion of a devioe of theabove n1entioned ohafacter Whefein the heelS afe eaSily fen1ovable ffoInthe shoe, thus perInitting Substitflfe heelS of vafious colofS to be11Sed,

other objectS and advantageS of fffy invention WH1 be appafent dufingthe ooufSe of the fo1- 1ovving desofiption.

In the dfavving, forn1ing 9 paft of this Speoification, and vvhefeinlike nuIneralS ofe en1ployed to designate like paftS throughout thesan1e,

Figufe 1 is o Side elevation of a hee1 eInbody ing Iny invention anoshowing the saon1e app1ied to a conventiona1 Shoe of Slipper,

Figufe 2 is a front elevation of the heel,

gure 3 is a vertical Sectional view taken on the line 33 of ,igure 2,

ffgofe is a transverSe sectiona1 view token on the line 44 of Figure 3and Figufe 5 iS aJ plan vieW Shooong the fod which holds the hee1 andinSeft poftions of fny inven tion together, paftS beng bfoken aWay fofo1ear nesS of i1111Stfatiof1.

In the aooonlpanying dfowing, Whefein for the pIlfpose of illustfation,is shown a prefeffed eIn bodiInent of ffly invention, the nuInef1 u deSignateS the heel poftion of a conventional Shoe of slippef. 1/fyinvention relateS pafticu1afly to ladieS, ShoeS although it is t() beundefStood that Iny affangeInent has other applicationS and that do notZish to lifnit the invention in any way to ladies, shoeS. t is theouStofn at the pfeSent tifne to attach n1olded of caSt plaStio heelS toShoes, Which heelS afe of vafying oo1ofs and varying degfee oftfansparenoy, Expefience teaches that the heelS Inay be beSt attached tothe Shoe by n1eanS of nafls which afe dfiven dovvnWa fdly thfough thehee1 poftion of the shoe and info the top of the hee1. Such SubStit11teIneanS of of taohing the heelS to the Shoe, aS by glueing, have pfovento be unsucceSSfu1 and decidedly infefiof to the conventional n1annef ofnailing the hee1 to the shoe. Thefe afe, hovVever, diffioultieS attendant upon flailing the hee1 to the shoe Fof if1Sta f1ce, if the heelis felatively tfanSpafent the nailS Inay be easily seen thfough thetfanspafent Inaterial of the heel. I have thefefofe pfovided 66 aJoonStfuotion which peffofIns the tvofo1d funotiof1 of detachably ofren1ovably aSsooiating fhe heeI With the Shoe and of effioaoiouSly preventing the flailS vvhioh aftach the San1e to fhe Shoe ffon1 beingviSible.

T'he hee1 ll is a heel of the above nentioned ohafactef, the SaIne beingfnade of a SLlitable tfanspafent of ffanslucent plaSfic n1atefiaL ofattaching the hee1 to the shoe l have pfovided an inseft l2 of opaq11eInatefial havif1g a flat bofton1 sufface lf, aJ Slightly ooncave top suffadoe l3, a tfanSvefse ffont edge l5 and spaced pafa11e1 Side edgeS I Band T Which oufve inwafd ly at the feafWafd end of the inSeft to pfovidethe afcuately corved reafWafd end l8. fttention iS difeoted to the factthat the side and feof edges of the insert slope outwafdly ffoIn the I1pper and 10vvef faceS thefeof to provide ar Inedfa1 fidge thefeafound.

The top Sufface l 9 of the hee1 is pfovided with a receSS 2 Shaped tofeoeive the inseft 2. Te recess opens through the front of the hee1 andoonfofInS in plan and in ffont elevation with the shape of the inSert.Figufe 4 best i11uStfateS the Inannef in vvhich the inseft is feoeivedwithin the fecess and the n1anner in Which the out vva.rdly oonvergentside and feaf edges of the in seft interlook vvith the oorreSpondinglyshaped Side vvalls of the feoesS to efcaciouS1y pfevent the heel ffomdfopping ffom the inSeft. If the hee1 iS to be refnoved ffofn the inSertit must be S1idably Inoved in the direction of the affow in gufe and itInay only be applied to the in seft by Inoving the same in a directionopposed to the affovv.

nofn1any hold the hee1 fixedly alSSociated with the inSeft by nleanS ofa fod 22 vvhich extends tfanSverSely thfough aligning passages in thehee1 and inSerf adjacent the fofvvafd edge thefeof. vvhen the ffont edgeof the inSeft hos been 1T1oved into regiStef vVith the front Sufface 2 fof the hee1 the passogeS 23 in the heel Wi11 fegistef with the paSSageSin the inSeft to pefn1it the fod 22 to be s1ipped therethfough, The fodextends en tirely thfough the paSsage 24 and the oppoSite ends thefeofare feoeived vvithin the paSSageS 23' of the hee1. 1e ends of the fodterIninate shoft of the sides of the heel ond sofevvS 25 afe inSertedthfough the Sides of the hee1 and Screvved thfeadily feceived vvithinsocketS 26 in the endS of the fod- I pfefer that a washef 27 beinterposed betWeen the head of the soreW and the end of the fod WhichwaShef n1ay be of ploStic of felt of other suitable nlateria1 to pfeventthe head of the ScTevv froIn chevving of digging into the sideS of theheeL vvhen it iS desired to remove the hee1 fron1 the inseTt ofter thesanle has been nailed to the shoe, it is only necesSary to Inove theScZevS 25 and. to S1ip the rod 22 through the pasSages 23 and 22. Tehee1 may be eaSily Temoved from the inSert and another oI a, differentoo1or 11ee1 applied thereto. t wilL of oo11TSe, be necessary that theinSert and hee1 be Inade according to sandaTd Speci1icationS so that thepassages heTein vvi11 align vvith eac11 other t() accon1n1odate tl1e rod22. f this TelationShip exists )etv7een the inseTt and the hee1, the rod22 nlay be I1Sed to attach any heel to the inseTt and it is therefoTepossible that ar gTeat II1any heels of varying colorS Inay beinterohangeably uSed vvith a single pair of Shoes.

f desired the lower end po1 tion of the hee1 Inay be pTovided With a.1,eoeSs 28 WT1icT1 opens through the botton1 of the hee1 and is closedby the Tubber tip 29. A suitable ooloring 1natte may be introduced intothe Tecess 28 to add to the aesthetic appea1 of the hee1.

t is to be undeTStood that the foIm of my in vention, herevvith Shownand descTibed, is to be taken as a. referred example of the saIne, andthat various changes in size, Shape and arrange ment of parts may beesorted to vvithout deport ing fron1 the spirit of nly invention or thesoope of the appended olaim,

aving thus deSoTibed Iny invention, olaiIn= A Shoe heel coInprising atranSparent body having a chonne1 in itS top Surface, said channe1having upwardy tapering Side vva11S and opening thTough the front of thebodyl an opaqLle inSeft shapeo to nt the channe1 s1idably diSpoSedtherein, a rod extending thTough the body and inSert froIn side to Side,and scevv threaded Inen1berS received in socketS provided in the endS ofthe Tod.

DAvID GIESsRl

